{"id":4879,"date":"2011-05-07T22:30:16","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T02:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/?p=4879"},"modified":"2011-06-15T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T15:54:57","slug":"for-ny-times-readers-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/07\/for-ny-times-readers-only\/","title":{"rendered":"FOR NY TIMES READERS ONLY!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>You aren&#8217;t going<\/strong><\/span> to read this entire blog.\u00a0 I know that.\u00a0  You have other things to do. Like working out . . .<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4385\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4385\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4385  \" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"benching-sunday-nyt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/benching-sunday-nyt-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"Benching the Sunday NY Times\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/benching-sunday-nyt-300x176.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/benching-sunday-nyt.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4385\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Mentsh benches the Sunday NY Times<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a good idea.\u00a0 Check out this &#8220;best of&#8221; list:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>1. The three best<\/strong><\/span> blog posts are . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/23\/searching-for-galicia\/\">SEARCHING FOR GALICIA,<\/a> about the <em>Alter Heym<\/em> (Old Country); has a photo of my mother;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/08\/feces-happens\/\">FECES HAPPENS<\/a>, about a building manager cleaning up excrement;<\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/05\/yid-lids\/\">YID LIDS<\/a>, about a yarmulke collection.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0 site &#8212; Klezmer Guy &#8212; is primarily an amusing word pile, accompanied by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ralphstuff.com\">Ralph Solonitz<\/a>&#8216;s illustrations, original Klezmer Guy videos and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\">Yiddishe Cup<\/a> music.\u00a0\u00a0 And no recipes.<\/p>\n<p>2.<strong> <\/strong>The best video is about a beat-boxing drummer (guy in yellow shirt with tie):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brxD5qHu51c?wmode=transparent\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>3. The best Yiddishe Cup recording is <em>Meshugeneh Mambo<\/em> &#8212; a klezmer comedy album. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/yiddishecup\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4584\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"mambo-final\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mambo-final-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"mambo-final\" width=\"139\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mambo-final-299x300.jpg 299w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mambo-final-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/mambo-final.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" \/><\/a> You can buy and\/or listen to it at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdbaby.com\/cd\/yiddishecup\">CDBaby<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Meshugeneh-Mambo-Yiddishe-Klezmer-Band\/dp\/B0002DFR30\">Amazon<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/meshugeneh-mambo\/id30410016\">iTunes<\/a>.  (Yiddishe Cup&#8217;s Web site is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\">www.yiddishecup.com<\/a>.  We play all over the country.  We also do a duo act.)<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s our best song:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" data=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13770357\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F13770357\" \/><\/object> <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/yiddishecup\/01-meshugeneh-mambo-crazy\">Meshugeneh Mambo (Crazy Mambo)<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/yiddishecup\">Yiddishe Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>4. The blog&#8217;s illustrator, <\/strong><\/span>to repeat, is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ralphstuff.com\">Ralph Solonitz<\/a>. His best work is Yiddishe Cup&#8217;s logo at the very top of this page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4386\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"herring-boat\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/herring-boat-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"herring-boat\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/herring-boat-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/home\/yiddis6\/public_html\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/herring-boat.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>5. Please sign the mailing list at the lower left of the screen. You&#8217;ll get a fresh post delivered to your door every Wednesday morning by herring boat.  You will receive one &#8212; just <em>one<\/em> &#8212; email a week.  (We don&#8217;t sell your email address to others.)  Or you can &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Yiddishe-Cup-Klezmer-Guy\/331773633882\">like<\/a>&#8221; us on Facedeath and get a weekly blog post there.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Once again, welcome.<\/strong><\/span> Please read the posts below and come back here on Wednesday mornings.  Nobody &#8212; and that includes the <em>New York Times<\/em> &#8212; covers the klezmer\/<br \/>\nlandlord scene like we do.<\/p>\n<p>Lox on,<\/p>\n<p>Bert Stratton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You aren&#8217;t going to read this entire blog.\u00a0 I know that.\u00a0 You have other things to do. Like working out . . . Here&#8217;s a good idea.\u00a0 Check out this &#8220;best of&#8221; list: 1. The three best blog posts are . . . 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